Denim Door Mat

This is a mat to put near the door. It will catch lots of outdoor dirt before it makes its way all over the house. This mat is made from recycled blue jeans, and makes use of very small scraps. You can make the base whatever size you want your mat to be.

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Extra tip: Cut your scraps with a rotary cutter to save time. The picture is of a partially finished mat. Sorry, I have not had time lately to complete one for a photo session.

Supplies:

heavy muslin

old blue jeans scraps

thread, any color*

sewing machine

sharp scissors for cutting fringe

*Since stitching doesn't show, this is good place to use up those odd colors of thread.

Instructions:

This project has no close tolerances. If measurements are a little off, everything should still work.

Cut your muslin to the desired size. My pictures are of just a small portion. A nice size would be about the size of a small throw rug.

Make a narrow hem around all 4 sides.

Cut your denim strips all the same width. I used 2 inches. Cut them any length that you are able to cut from your scraps. You can piece the short ones together or cut the long ones to fit. Just butt the ends together, and stitch as one.

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When cutting the fringe, it doesn't have to be really even slashes. Just be sure you don't cut through the stitches.

This is a great project but you lost me in the steps. After you cut the strips of denim, how are you sewing them on the backing. It looks likes you are making rows of these strips and only sewing them on one side. How far apart are you putting the rows then?

Yes, they are sewed on the sewing machine. And I don't sew either as a rule, just a little like this for a craft or two, but this is pretty easy and they don't have to be perfect as each row will cover any mistake made in the previous row.

I've always wanted to make a denim rag rug, and this was so much easier than I was making it! My dogs have not moved from it since I put it down. :) They are constantly trying to push each other off, so looks like I'll be making some more! Thanks so much.